NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- One man was killed in a shooting Tuesday morning in New Castle, Indiana.
The shooting happened around 5 a.m. at a house near the intersection of 9th and Vine streets.
New Castle Mayor Greg York said a man was shot in a garage at the house. The shooting suspect then went into the house, York said.
The victim was later identified as Steven Dunn, 49. Dunn was taken to a hospital where he died.
George Wood, a neighbor of the house, said the neighborhood looks after one another, but he's very scared after the shooting.
"I watch after him," he said. "I have a 70-year-old mom who lives here and my wife."
It's been a tough few months for New Castle. This marks the third major shooting in four months for the usually quiet city of about 17,000.
"It's a quiet, low-key, Midwest town," York said. "We're not used to this, but it's still a safe community. We feel like this was very isolated. This was not a random shooting. We feel like it was directed for exactly what happened."
In September 2017, a man was shot and killed by police in New Castle after the man shot an officer during a chase. The officer's protective vest likely saved him from death, police said.
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About a month later, another man was shot and killed in New Castle. Officers responded to a house for a disturbance and found a man who had stabbed a woman in the neck with a knife. The suspect died a week after the shooting.
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Police are still looking for the shooter for Tuesday morning's act. Anyone with information can call Captain Ed Manning with the Henry County Sheriff's Office at 765-529-4890 ext. 4413 or Captain Scott Ullery with New Castle Police Department at 765-529-4890 extension 3308.
